Fenerbahçe S.K. (basketball)
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| 2024–25 Fenerbahçe S.K. (basketball) season | |||
| Nickname | Sarı Kanaryalar (The Yellow Canaries) Sarı Lacivertliler (The Yellow-Navy Blues) Yellow Legacy | ||
| Leagues | BSL EuroLeague | ||
| Founded | 1913 | ||
| Arena | Ülker Sports Arena | ||
| Capacity | 13,800 | ||
| Location | Istanbul, Turkey | ||
| Team colors | Yellow, navy blue | ||
| Main sponsor | Beko | ||
| President | Ali Koç | ||
| Team manager | Cenk Renda | ||
| Head coach | Šarūnas Jasikevičius | ||
| Team captain | Melih Mahmutoğlu | ||
| Championships | 2 EuroLeague 14 Turkish Championships (3 pre–1967) 9 Turkish Cups 7 Turkish Presidential Cups | ||
| Retired numbers | 2 (6, 7) | ||
| Website | fenerbahce.org | ||
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Fenerbahçe Basketball, commonly referred as Fenerbahçe (Turkish pronunciation: [feˈnæɾbahtʃe]) or Fenerbahce Istanbul in European matches, currently also known as Fenerbahçe Beko for sponsorship reasons, are a professional basketball team and the men's basketball department of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major Turkish multi-sport club based in Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey. They are one of the most successful clubs in Turkish basketball history, being the first Turkish team to have won the (2 times) EuroLeague, as well as 14 Turkish championships (11 titles in the Turkish Basketball Super League and three in the former Turkish Basketball Championship), nine Turkish Cups, and seven Turkish Presidential Cups, among others. They play their home matches at the club's own Ülker Sports and Event Hall.
It was founded in 1913 as a basketball branch under the roof of Fenerbahçe S.K. This is the first basketball team established within a sports club in the Ottoman Empire. Besides the two European championship titles in 2017 and 2025, Fenerbahçe have also been EuroLeague runners-up in 2016 and 2018. Fener also have played in seven EuroLeague Final Fours (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024, 2025) to date, a record in Turkish basketball. As of 2024, Fenerbahçe is considered to be one of the two top teams of the Turkish Super League and 1st in European rankings. In 2012, Fenerbahçe became the first and only Turkish basketball club to win against an NBA team. In 2015, Fenerbahçe made history by defeating the Brooklyn Nets on their home court at the Barclays Center, becoming the first and only Turkish team to beat an NBA franchise in the United States. With this remarkable achievement, Fenerbahçe became one of only three teams in global basketball history to accomplish such a feat.
Many memorable players in European basketball have played for Fenerbahçe over the years, some of which have included: Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Žan Tabak, Conrad McRae, Nemanja Bjelica, Ömer Aşık, Thabo Sefolosha, Linas Kleiza, Ömer Onan, Mirsad Türkcan, David Andersen, Harun Erdenay, Damir Mršić, Bojan Bogdanović, Semih Erden, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Tanoka Beard, Nikos Zisis, James Gist, Gordan Giriček, Mike Batiste, Marko Milič, Will Solomon, Bo McCalebb, Ekpe Udoh, Pero Antić, Luigi Datome, Nikola Kalinić, Kostas Sloukas, Jan Veselý, Ali Muhammed, Nicolò Melli, Bogdan Bogdanović, Nando De Colo, and Boban Marjanović. Also, the most accomplished coach in the history of European basketball, Željko Obradović.